. >> republican senator john mccain told obama to take a bigger role to exstepped america's debt limit and extend the partial closure. >> east bay congressman held a town hall meeting with employees at lawrence livermore and sandian national laboratories. 7500 people work for the department of energy at the two facilities. they say they will be furloughed on friday. they are asking the secretary of energy to work with the white house to give lab employees back pay once the federal government reopens. >>> still to on abc7 news at 11:00, we are standing by live outside those bart contract talks. we will of course keep you updated on the strike deadline that has been extended 24 hours. tensions are high over tahoe bears. the increasingly -- the increasing amount of tactics. >> and an unusual case of road rage. why it is not a good idea to get too close to an eight years into the disease was when all the light went out. for me, it was heart-wrenching. look into the eyes of somebody with alzheimer's sometime, you just don't see -- the person's soul is, like, gone. bea: and it takes a toll o